Albany County tax sale, 2026 season

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Albany County (county seat Albany) sells its tax foreclosed real estate online only through Auctions International, on the AlbanyCoAuction.com sale site, for the Commissioner of Management and Budget, the county's enforcing officer. Unlike most counties on this hub, Albany ran two sales in 2026: one opening Wednesday, April 15, 2026 and closing from Wednesday, April 29, 2026 with over 90 properties, and one opening Wednesday, July 15, 2026 and closing from Wednesday, July 29, 2026 with over 100 properties.

The gate is the registration packet, due by 4:00 PM on the Monday two days before each closing (April 27 and July 27 in 2026), late submissions not accepted. The deposit, premium, and balance rules for these sales live in the auctioneer's registration packet, which was not among the documents retrievable on the check date, so the money rows below say so plainly rather than importing figures from other counties' Auctions International sales, whose terms differ.

Dates and deadlines

Last sale, opened	Wed, Jul 15, 2026 · 12:00 PM 2026-07-15
Last sale, closings began	Wed, Jul 29, 2026 · 10:00 AM; over 100 properties 2026-07-29
Earlier 2026 sale	Opened Wed, Apr 15, 2026 · 12:00 PM; closings began Wed, Apr 29, 2026 · 10:00 AM; over 90 properties
Registration packet deadlines	Mon, Apr 27, 2026 and Mon, Jul 27, 2026 · 4:00 PM, the Monday two days before each closing
Format	Online only
Platform	Auctions International, at AlbanyCoAuction.com
Selling office	Commissioner of the Albany County Department of Management and Budget, 112 State Street, Room 1340, Albany (the county's enforcing officer)
Next sale	Not announced in the sources checked. The county states no usual month; in 2026 it sold in April and again in July.

Sources: Auctions International announcement of the July 2026 sale (official auctioneer). Auctions International announcement of the April 2026 sale (official auctioneer). Albany County foreclosure legal notice, towns list (official county notice as published). Albany County foreclosure legal notice, Cohoes list (official county notice as published). Confirm with the county or the auctioneer before relying on any date on this page: sales move, terms change, and parcels get pulled.

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How New York tax foreclosure works

Unpaid taxes become a lien on the property, and the county enforces that lien in court under Real Property Tax Law Article 11, the in rem foreclosure process.
The owner gets a redemption period, two years from the lien date by default, longer where a local law extends it for homes or farms. Paying everything owed during that window ends the case.
When the period expires, the court can award the property to the county. The former owner's right to redeem is over at that point; there is no post-sale redemption period on a New York tax deed.
The county then sells at public auction, which is the sale this page tracks. Deeds are usually quitclaim, bids can require county legislature approval, and any surplus over the taxes and charges is handled under RPTL sections 1195 to 1197 for the former owner and lienholders.

How registration works

Registration is online with Auctions International: complete the online registration packet and set up a bidding account. The pattern deadline in both 2026 sales was 4:00 PM on the Monday two days before lots began closing. Note the practical trap: registration closes before bidding closes, so a packet filed during the closing week is already late.

Terms: what a bid actually costs

The county's sale announcements publish dates, counts, and the registration deadline. The money rules are set in the Auctions International registration packet for each sale, which was not retrievable from an official source on the check date.

Deposit or down payment	Not published in the sources checked. The registration packet for the cycle governs; do not assume another county's Auctions International deposit rule, which varies by county.
Buyer premium	Not published in the sources checked.
Balance due	Not published in the sources checked.
Deed type	Not stated in the sale announcements checked. County foreclosure conveyances in this program should be confirmed in the cycle's packet before bidding.

Before you bid

Redemption in Albany County is proceeding specific, not a single county date: the foreclosure notices for the current cycle set the last redemption day as Thursday, January 15, 2026 for the towns list and Wednesday, April 15, 2026 for the Watervliet and Cohoes lists, because the county forecloses in separate municipality groups, each with its own deadline. A parcel's clock depends on its proceeding, and the lists in this cycle rest on delinquent tax lists filed in 2019, so the road from lien to auction here is far longer than a simple two year assumption. Anyone who does not redeem or answer is barred forever from any right, title, interest, or lien in the parcel. Verify before you go: the packet for the next sale is the document that matters.

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